@c-po Arping has the following options. I wonder if there is a better way to help you freely combine these options?

Usage:

arping [options] <destination>

Options:

-f            quit on first reply
-q            be quiet
-b            keep on broadcasting, do not unicast
-D            duplicate address detection mode
-U            unsolicited ARP mode, update your neighbours
-A            ARP answer mode, update your neighbours
-V            print version and exit
-c <count>    how many packets to send
-w <timeout>  how long to wait for a reply
-i <interval> set interval between packets (default: 1 second)
-I <device>   which ethernet device to use
-s <source>   source ip address
<destination> dns name or ip address

Its always a good idea to research how other vendors are doong it - e.g. Arista, Cisco, Juniper and see if there is. common CLI ground.

Sorry, that sounds good, but I don't quite understand what you mean?

@c-po In my opinion, it is not improper for routers to support some commonly used toolsets, such as arping, which can be used to locate the MAC address of the IPv4 host in a LAN, or to detect whether ARP attacks have occurred in the LAN, or to test the security (ARP can be forged)

Arping can even be used to detect whether there is an IP conflict in the LAN

Of course, for routers, this is not the main function

@c-po Would it be great if the XML framework had a way to do something like ping?

We have a ping CLI implementation

I have found this implementation, but I don't know how to use it for my implementation. At present, I work in the XML framework of vyos-1x. I have provided a primary implementation for the time being. For details, please refer to:

https://github.com/vyos/vyos-1x/pull/508

@c-po Please merge my pr

@c-po Request merge

@c-po This PR has been open for several days, requesting a merge

https://github.com/vyos/vyos-1x/pull/508

Hi @jack9603301 your PRs are much appreciated but triggering my eMail inbox won't get your stuff merged faster - it actually will be quiet the opposite as I think you will trigger me again when it's urgent.

As most of the developers I have a regular job and are also busy with VyOS development.

@c-po I have changed the top-level command, maybe it's better, can you help me see it, if possible, request a merge, otherwise, please reply?

@c-po Can you take a look at this PR for me?

@c-po Change the task and add duplicate address detection option in force ARP

@c-po This task has been completed for so long, can the PR be reviewed?
PR: https://github.com/vyos/vyos-1x/pull/508